Posts by Gina Conroy
The “Promised Land” of Writing
How do you feel about the state of your writing? Does it seem you have been wandering in the desert waiting for something miraculous to happen? Do you feel you are on the edge of something; anxious to move into what God has called you to do – to enter into your promised land? Many…
Read MoreWriter Interrupted…to research
Help! I need to find out what a dead body looks like after being in the water for 24 hours (a bayou to be exact). Or, I need to describe how an alligator sounds. These are just a few things I had to stop writing on my current story and dig around until I found…
Read MoreLook What I’m Making Today! Easter Meat Pie
Growing up I always spent Easter with my dad’s mom, Grandma Julie and my favorite part was eating her Easter Meat Pie and hunting for plastic eggs filled with money. Grandma Julie died when I was twelve, but her memory lives on. Every year I make her Easter Meat Pie which I remember eating cold,…
Read MoreJust Curious…
If you’re reading this blog I assume you’re either: a) desperate for some reading materials b) are a writer…interrupted c) or love reading d) other If you fall under B or C, then why aren’t more of you entering my contests for free books. Maybe you’re skipping the book reviews and author interviews on my…
Read MoreI’m a Winner!
I can’t believe my back cover blurb for my current WIP won at free synopsis critique a Pix-N-Pens! Go check it out!
Read MoreRaising Ragpickers
The savior in Og Mandino’s “The Greatest Miracle in the World” is a mysterious old man with an affinity for what he calls human rags. In the story Og is the rag-an ambitious, successful magazine publisher who is burning out faster than a single-shot firecracker. The irony is that his magazine is about Success, but…
Read MoreSt. Patrick: Who was he really?
I don’t think I really started to think about St. Patrick, the man until I got married to an Irish/German/American, and had kids. Growing up, St. Patrick’s Day was all about wearing green and drinking beer. Yet, if St. Patrick was alive today, I think he’d be heartbroken over what his name has come to…
Read MoreThe End is in SIGHT and a Question about Submitting
I’m almost there! I can see the finish line of my WIP, but will I have the energy to cross it? And when I do will I dare to be satisfied with it! I’m sort of a perfectionist, but I know that one day I’ll have to send it out. In the past I sent…
Read MoreFIRST: Only Uni by Camy Tang
Camy was a guest blogger this week and at the end of her post I said I would give away THIS book! Not many have entered here or at the same post at Writer…Interrupted. If you want to win this book, you have to leave a comment and be sure and check my “contest rules”…
Read MoreWhat Lies Within
I got my first exposure to Karen Ball at the 2005 ACFW conference. It was my first writing conference, and she was the keynoter. She did an amazing job of blending humor, heart-wrenching honesty, and spiritual depth in her talks. What Lies Within is the first of her books that I have read all the…
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